28 Weeks

This week should be a better, calmer, happier week in the Walsh household! I don't think Dan will be working 60+ hours, I won't be working 40+ hours, and we have a couple of birthdays to celebrate this week!

Plus, we had our 28-week ultrasound yesterday:

She has little fuzzy hair growing on her head.

She is practicing breathing, and drinking. Her little ribs expand every time she takes a "breath."

She has cute little ears and chubby little cheeks - already! Can't you just smell the baby smell?!

I would love to post the video of the exam, because she looked RIGHT AT US and BLINKED. This was when she was taking a break from sucking on her big toe.

According to the measurements, she weighs 2 pounds 12 ounces - she's in the 65th percentile. That means she's a bit chunky already. We'll see how cute that sounds in 11 weeks. Here's this week's BabyCenter.com email:

By this week, your baby weighs a little over 2 pounds and measures about 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can open her eyes — which now sport lashes — and she'll turn her head toward a continuous, bright light from the outside. Her fat layers are beginning to form, too, as she gets ready for life outside the womb.

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I forgot to post the last ultrasound pictures, from 24 weeks. Here they are, so you can see how much she's grown in just one month. In terms of weight, she has DOUBLED in size. Don't worry...most baby's don't double in size every month...I think...